RockOnTheNet.com
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.
BIRTHDAYS: Paul McCartney (June
18, 1942) ~ Ringo Starr (July 7, 1940) ~
George Harrison (February 25, 1943 - November
29, 2001) ~ John Lennon (October 9, 1940 -
December 8, 1980)
Few can argue that one of
the best groups, if not the best, in rock 'n roll
history is the Beatles - 4 lads from Liverpool
who took the world by storm in the 60s. The
conception of the Beatles began in 1956,
when a 15 year old John Lennon formed his first
band, the 'Quarrymen.' Paul McCartney met Lennon
during one of their performances and was soon
asked to join the group, followed by George
Harrison in 1958 a year later
when the group was renamed to 'Johnny & The
Moondogs.' The band changed their name to the
'Silver Beatles' and added Stu Sutcliffe to the
band and Allan Williams as their first manager.
Pete Best joined the group, replacing drummer,
Tommy Moore, and they abridged their name to the
Beatles.Sutcliffe quit the band (and died of a
brain hemorrhage a year later in April) in the
spring and the Beatles hooked up with Brian
Epstein as their manager by the end of the year.
In
January, the Beatles were rejected by Decca
Records and numerous other record companies, and
Best was fired as drummer of the band in August.
The group started working with producer George
Martin as Ringo Starr joined the group in August.
In September, the Beatles recorded and had their
first chart success in Britain with the single
"Love Me Do" (b/w "P.S. I Love
You").
August 14: Pete Best
was asked to leave The Beatles and performed with them
one last time the following night before Ringo Starr was asked to join the
group.
March 22: The Beatles released
their debut LP Please
Please Me in the UK. Please
Please Me wasn't released in the US until it
was released in CD form in February, 1987.
May 11: The Beatles topped the UK
LP chart with Please
Please Me for 30 weeks (until they replaced
themselves with their next LP) and hit the Top 10
in Germany.
October: The Beatles appeared on
the BBC's Sunday Night At The Palladium.
November 22: The Beatles released With
The Beatles in the UK. The LP was released with
the title Beatlemania! With The Beatles
in Canada making it the first Beatles LP released
in North America. With
The Beatles became only the second LP at the
time to sell more than 1 million copies in the
UK. With
The Beatleswasn't released in the US
until it was released in CD form in February,
1987.
December 7: The Beatles topped the UK
LP chart withWith
The Beatles for 21 weeks and also hit #1 in
Germany.
December: By the end of the year,
"She Loves You" became the
biggest-selling single of all-time in Britain and
the group was performing before the Queen Mother.
April: The British invasion by
the Beatles became even more impressive when they
held the top 5 singles on Billboard's singles
chart with "Can't But Me Love" at #1
followed by "Twist & Shout,"
"She Loves You," "I Want To Hold
Your Hand," and "Please Please
Me."
May 2: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart with The
Beatles' Second Albumfor 5 weeks. The
Beatles became the first act to knock themselves
out of the #1 position on the US LP charts.
June: The Beatles began their
first world tour, starting in Denmark, and with
Jimmy Nicol temporarily replacing Ringo Starr on
drums after Starr became ill from exhaustion and
tonsillitis.
July 20: The Beatles released Something
New.
The LP hit the Top 10 in the US and Germany.
January 9: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart with Beatles
'65for 9 weeks. The LP jumped from # 98 to #1
making it the biggest jump to #1 on the US LP
charts up to that time. The LP also hit the Top
10 in Germany.
March 13: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 2 weeks with
"Eight Days A Week."
July 10: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart with Beatles
VIfor 6 weeks. The LP also hit the Top 10 in
Germany.
August 6: The Beatles released Help! in the UK (and in the US
on August 13th) and was certified gold.
August 14: The Beatles topped the UK
LP chart withHelp!for 9 weeks. The
LP also hit #1 in Australia and Germany.
September 11: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart with Help!for 9 weeks.
September 15: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 3 weeks with
"Help!"
October 9: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 4 weeks with
"Yesterday."
December 3: The Beatles released Rubber
Soul
in the UK (and in the US on December 6) and was
certified gold.
December 25: The Beatles topped the UK
LP chart withRubber
Soulfor 8 weeks and also hit #1 in Germany.
January 8: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart with Rubber
Soulfor 6 weeks.
January 8: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 3 weeks with "We
Can Work It Out."
March 4: John Lennon stirred up controversy
when his statement that The Beatleswere
more popular than Jesus was published in The
London Evening Standard.
June 20: The Beatles released Yesterday
And Today in The US. The original cover of
the LP showed the Beatles with decapitated baby
dolls and meat around them (sometimes referred to
as the 'butcher cover').
June 25: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 2 weeks with
"Paperback Writer."
March 18: The Beatles topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week with
"Penny Lane."
June 2: The Beatles released Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and was certified gold.
The LP is not only considered one of the best
Beatles LPs ever, but one of the best LPs ever
released. It was released on June 1st in the UK.
October 4: The Beatles topped the UK
LP charts with Abbey
Road
for 11 weeks.
November 1: The Beatles topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart withAbbey
Roadfor 11 weeks. The LP also hit #1 in the
Australia, Canada, Germany, and Norway.
May 4: The live set The
Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl was released and certified
gold. The set included tracks from 2 live
performances in August, 1964, and August, 1965.
December 10: The Beatles topped the UK
LP chart withLive
At The BBCfor 1 week. The LP also
the Top 10 in the US, Australia, Germany, Norway,
Sweden, and Switzerland.
February: Potential court problems
erupted when Michael
Jackson, who still owned the rights to some
Beatles songs, may had been talking business with
Volkswagen to use some of these songs for an ad
campaign. A source from the Apple Records stated:
"The 3 of (the remaining Beatles)
categorically refuse to let the songs be used for
(advertisements) but the trouble with Jackson is
he has just ignored them in the past."
June: The remaining Beatles
reunited to sing "Let It Be" (with
everyone else at the service) at a memorial
service for Linda McCartney. It was the first
time the 3 have appeared in public together for
30 years. Paul
McCartneywrote the song in
memory of his mother when he was 14.
December 31: 1 topped the Billboard Year-End
Chart-Toppers as the Top Billboard 200 Album and
Top Internet Album, and the Beatles topped the
Top Billboard 200 Album Artist and Top Billboard
200 Album Artist - Duo/Group charts.
Released: March 22, 1963 (UK) US: Platinum Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 39 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "Misery" -
"Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Ask My Why" - "Please Please
Me" - "Love Me Do" -
"P.S. I Love You" - "Baby It's
You" - "Do You Want To Know A
Secret" - "A Taste Of Honey" -
"There's A Place" - "Twist And
Shout"
Released: November 22, 1963
(UK) Released: November 25, 1963 as Beatlemania!
With The Beatles (Canada) US: Gold Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 420 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "It Won't Be
Long" - "All I've Got To Do" -
"All My Loving" - "Don't
Bother Me" - "Little Child" -
"Till There Was You" - "Please
Mister Postman" - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Hold Me Tight" -
"You Really Got A Hold On Me" -
"I Wanna Be Your Man" - "Devil
In Her Heart" - "Not A Second
Time" - "Money (That's What I
Want)"
also available on vinyl
Introducing...
The Beatles Released: January 10, 1964 (US) Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 US: Gold Tracks: "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "Misery" -
"Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Love Me Do" - "P.S. I Love
You" - "Baby It's You" -
"Do You Want To Know A Secret" -
"A Taste Of Honey" - "There's
A Place" - "Twist And Shout"
Released: January 20, 1964 (US) US: 5x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 11 weeks) Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 59 Tracks: "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" - "I Saw Her Standing
There" - "This Boy" - "It
Won't Be Long" - "All I've Got To
Do" - "All My Loving" -
"Don't Bother Me" - "Little
Child" - "Till There Was You"
- "Hold Me TIght" - "I Wanna
Be Your Man" - "Not A Second
Time"
Released: February 3, 1964
(Canada) Tracks: "Anna (Go To
Him)" - "Chains" -
"Boys" - "Ask Me Why" -
"Please Please Me" - "Love Me
Do" - "From Me To You" -
"P.S. I Love You" - "Baby It's
You" - "Do You Want To Know A
Secret" - "A Taste Of Honey" -
"There's A Place" - "Twist And
Shout" - "She Loves You"
Released: April 10, 1964 (US) US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 5 weeks) Tracks: "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Thank You Girl"
- "You Really Got A Hold On Me" -
"Devil In Her Heart" - "Money
(That's What I Want) - "You Can't Do
That" - "Long Tall Sally" -
"I Call Your Name" - "Please
Mister Postman" - "I'll Get
You" - "She Loves You"
also available on vinyl
The
Beatles' Long Tall Sally Released: May 11, 1964 (Canada) Tracks: "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" - "I Saw Her Standing
There" - "You've Really Got A Hold
On Me" - "Devil In Her Heart"
- "Roll Over Beethoven" -
"Misery" - "Long Tall
Sally" - "I Call Your Name" -
"Please Mister Postman" -
"This Boy" - "I'll Get
You" - "You Can't Do That"
Released: June 26, 1964 (US)
and July 10, 1964 (UK) US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 14 weeks) Billboard #1: Top Compact Disks Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 388 Rolling Stone: UK Tracks: "A Hard Day's
Night" - "I Should Have Known
Better" - "If I Fell" -
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You"
- "And I Love Her" - "Tell Me
Why" - "Can't Buy Me Love" -
"Any Time At All" - "I'll Cry
Instead" - "Things We Said
TOday" - "When I Get Home" -
"You Can't Do That" - "I'll Be
Back" US Tracks: "A Hard Day's
Night" - "Tell Me Why" -
"I'll Cry Instead" - "I Should
Have Known Better" (Instrumental) -
"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You"
- "And I Love Her" (Instrumental) -
"I Should Have Known Better" -
" If I Fell" - "And I Love
Her" (Instrumental) - "Ringo's
Theme (This Boy)" (Instrumental) -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "A Hard
Day's Night" (Instrumental)
also available on vinyl
Released: July 20, 1964 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Tracks: "I'll Cry
Instead" - "Things We Said
Today" - "Any Time At All" -
"When I Get Home" - "Slow
Down" - "Matchbox" -
"Tell Me Why" - "And I Love
Her" - "I'm Happy Just To Dance
With You" - "If I Fell" -
"Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand"
also available on vinyl
Released: December 4, 1964 (UK) US: Platinum Rolling Stone: Tracks: "No Reply"
- "I'm A Loser" - "Baby's In
Black" - "Rock & Roll
Music" - "I'll Follow The Sun"
- "Mr. Moonlight" - "Kansas
City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!" -
"Eight Days A Week" - "Words
Of Love" - "Honey Don't" -
"Every Little Thing" - "I
Don't Want To Spoil The Party" -
"What You're Doing" -
"Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"
also available on vinyl
Released: December 15, 1964
(US) US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 9 weeks) Tracks: "No Reply"
- "I'm A Loser" - "Baby's In
Black" - "Rock And Roll Music"
- "I'll Follow The Sun" - "Mr.
Moonlight" - "Honey Don't" -
"I'll Be Back" - "She's A
Woman" - "I Feel Fine" -
"Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"
also available on vinyl
Released: March 22, 1965 (US) US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 43 Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "Twist And Shout" -
"Anna (Go To Him)" -
"Chains" - "Boys" -
"Ask Me Why" - "Please Please
Me" - "P.S. I Love You" -
"Baby It's You" - "A Taste Of
Honey" - "Do You Want To Know A
Secret"
also available on vinyl
Released: June 14, 1965 (US) US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 6 weeks) Tracks: "Medley: Kansas
City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" - "Eight
Days A Week" - "You Like Me Too
Much" - "Bad Boy" - "I
Don't Want To Spoil The Party" -
"Words Of Love" - "What You're
Doing" - "Yes It Is" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - "Tell Me
What You See" - "Every Little
Thing"
also available on vinyl
Released: August 6, 1965 (UK)
and August 13, 1965 (US) US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 9 weeks) Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 332 Rolling Stone: UK Tracks: "Help!" -
"The Night Before" - "You've
Got To Hide You Love Away" - "I
Need You" - "Another Girl" -
"You're Going To Lose That GIrl" -
"TIcket To Ride" - "Act
Naturally" - "It's Only Love"
- "You Like Me Too Much" -
"Tell Me What You See" - "I've
Just Seen A Face" -
"Yesterday" - "Dizzy Miss
Lizzie" US Tracks: "Help!" -
"The Night Before" - "From Me
To You" (Instrumental) - "You've
Got To Hide Your Love Away" - "I
Need You" - "In The Tyrol"
(Instrumental) - "Another Girl" -
"Another Hard Day's Night"
(Instrumental) - "Ticket To Ride" -
"Medley: The Bitter End / You Can't Do
That" - "You're Going To Lose That
Girl" - "The Chase"
(Instrumental)
also available on vinyl
Released: December 3, 1965 (UK)
and December 6, 1965 (US) US: 6x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 6 weeks) Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 5 VH1:
'100 Greatest Albums': # 6 Rolling Stone: UK Tracks: "Drive My
Car" - "Norwegian Wood (This Bird
Has Flown)" - "You Won't See
Me" - "Nowhere Man" -
"Think For Yourself" - "The
Word" - "Michelle" -
"What Goes" - "Girl" -
"I'm Looking Through You" -
"In My Life" - "Wait" -
"If I Needed Someone" - "Run
For Your Life" US Tracks: "I've Just Seen
A Face" - "Norwegian Wood (This
Bird Has Flown)" - "You Won't See
Me" - "Think For Yourself" -
"The Word" - "Michelle" -
"It's Only Love" - "Girl"
- "I'm Looking Through You" -
"In My Life" - "Wait" -
"Run For Your Life"
Released: June 20, 1966 (US) US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 5 weeks) Tracks: "Drive My
Car" - "I'm Only Sleeping" -
"Nowhere Man" - "Doctor
Robert" - "Yesterday" -
"Act Naturally" - "And Your
Bird Can Sing" - "If I Needed
Someone" - "We Can Work It
Out" - "What Goes On" -
"Day Tripper"
also available on vinyl
Released: December 10, 1966
(UK) Tracks: "She Loves
You" - "From Me To You" -
"We Can Work It Out" -
"Help!" - "Michelle" -
"Yesterday" - "I Feel
Fine" - "Yellow Submarine" -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "Bad
Boy" - "Day Tripper" - "A
Hard Day's Night" - "Ticket To
Ride" - "Paperback Writer" -
"Eleanor Rigby" - "I Want To
Hold Your Hand"
also available on vinyl
Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Deluxe
Edition) Released: June 1, 1967 (in the
UK) June 2, 1967 (in the US) US: 11x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 15 weeks) Billboard #1: Top Compact Disks,
Albums Sales, Rock Albums Grammy Winner: Album of the Year, Best Contemporary
Album Grammy Nominee: Best Vocal Group
Performance Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 1 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" - "With A
Little Help From My Friends" -
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" -
"Getting Better" - "Fixing A
Hole" - "She's Leaving Home" -
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr.
Kite!" - "Within You Without
You" - "When I'm Sixty-Four" -
"Lovely RIta" - "Good Morning
Good Morning" - "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Reprise) -
"A Day In The Life"
also available on vinyl
Released: August 4, 1967 (UK) Tracks: "Ain't She
Sweet" - "Cry For A Shadow" -
"Let's Dance" - "My
Bonnie" - "Take Out Some Insurance
On Me, Baby" - "What'd I Say"
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" - "The
Saints" - "Ruby Baby" -
"Why" - "Nobody's Child"
- "Ya Ya"
Released: November 27, 1967
(US) and December 8, 1967 (UK) US: 6x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 8 weeks) VH1:
'100 Greatest Albums': # 10 Rolling Stone: US Tracks: "Magical Mystery
Tour" - "The Fool On The Hill"
- "Flying" - "Blue Jay
Way" - "Your Mother Should
Know" - "I Am The Walrus" -
"Hello, Goodbye" - "Strawberry
Fields Forever" - "Penny Lane"
- "Baby, You're A Rich Man" -
"All You Need Is Love" UK Tracks (Double EP): "Magical Mystery
Tour" - "Your Mother Should
Know" - "I Am The Walrus" -
"The Fool On The Hill" -
"Flying" - "Blue Jay Way"
also available on vinyl
Released: January 13, 1969 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Yellow
Submarine" - "Only A Northern
Song" - "All Together Now" -
"Hey Bulldog" - "It's All Too
Much" - "All You Need Is Love"
- "Pepperland" - "Sea Of
Time" - "Sea Of Holes" -
"Sea Of Monsters" - "March Of
The Meanies" - "Pepperland Laid
Waste" - "Yellow Submarine In
Pepperland"
also available on vinyl
Released: October 1, 1969 US: 12x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 11 weeks) Billboard #1: Best Selling Tape
Cartridges 4-Track, Best-Selling Tape
Cartidge (Cassette), Top Compact Disks, Album
Sales (Anniversary Edition), Rock Albums
(Anniversary Edition) Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Contemporary Vocal
Group Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 14 VH1:
'100 Greatest Albums': # 8 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Come
Together" - "Something" -
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -
"Oh! Darling" - "Octopus's
Garden" - "I Want You" -
"Here Comes The Sun" -
"Because" - "You Never Give Me
Your Money" - "Sun King" -
"Mean Mr. Mustard" -
"Polythene Pam" - "She Came In
Through The Bathroom Window" -
"Golden Slumbers" - "Carry
That Weight" - "The End" -
"Her Majesty"
also available on vinyl
Released: November 4, 1969
(Canada) Tracks: "Ain't She
Sweet" - "Cry For A Shadow" -
"Let's Dance" - "My
Bonnie" - "Take Out Some Insurance
On Me, Baby" - "What'd I Say"
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" -
"When The Saints Go Marching In" -
"Ruby Baby" - "Why" -
"Nobody's Child" - "Ya
Ya"
Released: February 26, 1970 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Billboard #1: Best Selling Tape
Cartridge (8-Track & Cassette) Tracks: "Can't Buy Me
Love" - "I Should Have Known
Better" - "Paperback Writer" -
"Rain" - "Lady Madonna" -
"Revolution" - "Hey Jude"
- "Old Brown Shoe" - "Don't
Let Me Down" - "The Ballad Of John
And Yoko"
also available on vinyl
Released: May 4, 1970 (US) Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 117 Tracks: "Ain't She
Sweet" - "Cry For A Shadow" -
"Let's Dance" - "My
Bonnie" - "Take Out Some Insurance
On Me, Baby" - "What'd I Say"
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" - "The
Saints" - "Ruby Baby" -
"Why" - "Nobody's Child"
- "Ya Ya"
also available on vinyl
Released: May 18, 1970 US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 5 weeks) Billboard #1: Best Selling Tape
Cartridge (8-Track & Cassette), Rock
Albums Grammy WInner: Best Original Score
Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special Grammy Nominee: Contemporary Vocal
Group Rolling
Stone: 'Greatest Albums': # 86 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "The One After
909" - "Rocker" - "Save
The Last Dance For Me" - "Don't Let
Me Down" - "Dig A Pony" -
"I've Got A Feeling" - "Get
Back" - "For You Blue" -
"Teddy Boy" - "Two Of Us"
- "Maggie Mae" - "Dig It"
- "Let It Be" - "The Long And
WInding Road" - "Get Back"
(Reprise)
Released: April 2, 1973 US: 15x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "Please Please Me" -
"From Me To You" - "She Loves
You" - "I Want To Hold Your
Hand" - "All My Loving" -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "A Hard
Day's Night" - "And I Love
Her" - "Eight Days A Week" -
"I Feel Fine" - "Ticket To
Ride" - "Yesterday" -
"Help!" - "You've Got To Hide
Your Love Away" - "We Can Work It
Out" - "Day Tripper" -
"Drive My Car" - "Norwegian
Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" -
"Nowhere Man" -
"Michelle" - "In My Life"
- "Girl" - "Paperback
Writer" - "Eleanor Rigby" -
"Yellow Submarine"
also available on vinyl
Released: April 2, 1973 US: 17x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Strawberry
Fields Forever" - "Penny Lane"
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band" - "With A Little Help From My
Friends" - "Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds" - "A Day In The
Life" - "All You Need Is Love"
- "I Am The Walrus" - "Hello,
Goodbye" - "The Fool On The
Hill" - "Magical Mystery Tour"
- "Lady Madonna" - "Hey
Jude" - "Revolution" -
"Back In The U.S.S.R." -
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" -
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - "Get
Back" - "Don't Let Me Down" -
"The Ballad Of John And Yoko" -
"Old Brown Shoe" - "Here Comes
The Sun" - "Come Together" -
"Something" - "Octopus's
Garden" - "Let It Be" -
"Across The Universe" - "The
Long And Winding Road"
also available on vinyl
Released: June 7, 1976 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Tracks: "Twist And
Shout" - "I Saw Her Standing
There" - "You Can't Do That" -
"I Wanna Be Your Man" - "I
Call Your Name" - "Boys" -
"Long Tall Sally" - "Rock And
Roll Music" - "Slow Down" -
"Medley: Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey,
Hey" - "Money (That's What I
Want)" - "Bad Boy" -
"Matchbox" - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Dizzy Miss
Lizzy" - "Any Time At All" -
"Drive My Car" - "Everybody's
Trying To Be My Baby" - "The Night
Before" - "I'm Down" -
"Revolution" - "Back In The
U.S.S.R." - "Helter Skelter" -
"Taxman" - "Got To Get You
Into My Life" - "Hey Bulldog"
- "Birthday" - "Get Back"
also available on vinyl
Released: June 13, 1977 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 111 Live Tracks: "Introduction /
I Saw Her Standing There" (US version:
"Introduction / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
And Cry (Over You)"( - "Roll Over
Beethoven" - "Hippy Hippy
Shake" - "Sweet Little
Sixteen" - "Lend Me Your Comb"
- "You Feet's Too Big" -
"Twist And Shout" (US version:
"Where Have You Been All My Life?)"
- "Mr. Moonlight" - "A Taste
Of Honey" - "Besame Mucho" -
"Reminiscing" (US version:
"Till There Was You") -
"Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
- "Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On
The Trees)" - "To Know Her Is To
Love Her" - "Little Queenie" -
"Falling IN Love Again (Can't Help
It)" - "Ask My Why" (US
version: "Sheila") -
"Be-Bop-A-Lulu" - "Hallelujah
I Love Her So" - "Red Sails In The
Sunset" - "Everybody's Trying To Be
My Baby" - "Matchbox" -
"I'm Talking About You" -
"Shimmy Like Kate" - "Long
Tall Sally" - "I Remember You"
also available on vinyl
Released: May 4, 1977 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Twist And
Shout" - "She's A Woman" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - "TIcket
To Ride" - "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "Things We Said Today" -
"Roll Over Beethoven" -
"Boys" - "A Hard Day's
Night" - "All My Loving" -
"She Loves You" - "Long Tall
Sally"
Released: October 21, 1977 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 24 Tracks: "Yesterday"
- "I'll Follow The Sun" - "I
Need You" - "Girl" - "In
My Life" - "Words Of Love" -
"Here, There And Everywhere" -
"Something" - "And I Love
Her" - "If I Fell" -
"I'll Be Back" - "Tell Me What
You See" - "Yes It Is" -
"Michelle" - "It's Only
Love" - "You're Going To Lose That
GIrl" - "Every Little Thing" -
"For No One" - "She's Leaving
Home" - "The Long And Winding
Road" - "This Boy" -
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has
Flown)" - "You've Got To Hide Your
Love Away" - "I Will" -
"P.S. I Love You"
also available on vinyl
Released: December 2, 1978 (UK)
and March 24, 1980 (US) US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 21 UK Tracks: "Across The
Universe" (Wildlife version) - "Yes
It Is" - "This Boy" -
"The Inner Light" - "I'll Get
You" - "Thank You GIrl" -
"Komm, GIb Mir Deine Hand" -
"You Know My Name (Look Up The
Number)" - "Sie Liebt Dich" -
"Rain" - "She's A Woman"
- "Matchbox" - "I Call Your
Name" - "Bad Boy" - "Slow
Down" - "I'm Down" -
"Long Tall Sally" US Tracks: "Love Me
Do" (Mono version) - "Misery"
- "There's A Place" - "Sie
Liebt Dich" - "And I Love Her"
(Alternative version) - "Help!"
(Mono version) - "I'm Only
Sleeping" - "I Am The Walrus"
(New mix) - "Penny Lane" (New
version) - "Helter Skelter" (Mono
version) - "Don't Pass Me By" -
"The Inner Light" - "Across
The Universe" (Original version) -
"You Know My Name (Look Up The
Number)" - "Sgt. Pepper Inner
Groove"
Released: October 13, 1980 (UK) Tracks: "Yesterday"
- "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has
Flown)" - "Do You Want To Know A
Secret" - "For No One" -
"Michelle" - "Nowhere
Man" - "You've Got To Hide Your
Love Away" - "Across The
Universe" - "All My Loving" -
"Hey Jude" - "Something"
- "The Fool On The Hill" -
"Till There Was You" - "The
Long And Winding Road" - "Here
Comes The Sun" - "Blackbird" -
"And I Love Her" - "She's
Leaving Home" - "Here, There And
Everywhere" - "Let It Be"
also available on vinyl
Released: March 22, 1982 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 19 Tracks: "A Hard Day's
Night" - "I Should Have Known
Better" - "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "And I Love Her" -
"Help!" - "You've Got To Hide
Your Love Away" - "Ticket To
Ride" - "Magical Mystery Tour"
- "I Am The Walrus" - "Yellow
Submarine" - "All You Need Is
Love" - "Let It Be" -
"Get Back" - "The Long And
Winding Road"
Released: October 11, 1982 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 50 Tracks: "She Loves
You" - "Love Me Do" - "I
Want To Hold Your Hand" - "Can't
Buy Me Love" - "A Hard Day's
Night" - "I Feel Fine" -
"Eight Days A Week" - "Ticket
To Ride" - "Help!" -
"Yesterday" - "We Can Work It
Out" - "Paperback Writer" -
"Penny Lane" - "All You Need
Is Love" - "Hello, Goodbye" -
"Hey Jude" - "Get Back" -
"Come Together" - "Let It
Be" - "The Long And Winding
Road"
also available on vinyl
Released: March 7, 1988 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 149 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "From Me To You" -
"Thank You Girl" - "She Loves
You" - "I'll Get You" -
"I Want To Hold Your Hand" -
"This Boy" - "Komm Gib Mir
Deine Hand" - "Sie Liebt Dich"
- "Long Tall Sally" - "I Call
Your Name" - "Slow Down" -
"Matchbox" - "I Feel
Fine" - "She's A Woman" -
"Bad Boy" - "Yes It Is" -
"I'm Down"
also available on vinyl
Released: March 7, 1988 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 121 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Day
Tripper" - "We Can Work It
Out" - "Paperback Writer" -
"Rain" - "Lady Madonna" -
"The Inner Light" - "Hey
Jude" - "Revolution" -
"Get Back" - "Don't Let Me
Down" - "The Ballad Of John And
Yoko" - "Old Brown Shoe" -
"Across The Universe" - "Let
It Be" - "You Know My Name (Look Up
The Number)"
Released: December 6, 1994 US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3 Grammy Nominee: Best Historical Album Rolling Stone: Live Tracks: "Beatle
Greeting" - "From Us To You" -
"Riding On A Bus" - "I Got A
Woman" - "Too Much Monkey
Business" - "Keep Your Hands Off My
Baby" - "I'll Be On My Way" -
"Young Blood" - "A Shot Of
Rhythm And Blues" - "Sure To Fall
(In Love With You)" - "Some Other
Guy" - "Thank You Girl" -
"Sha La La La!" - "Baby It's
You" - "That's All RIght,
Mama" - "Carol" -
"Soldier Of Love (Lay Down Your
Arms)" - "A Little Rhyme" -
"Clarabella" - "I'm Gonna Sit
Right Down And Cry (Over You)" -
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" -
"Dear Wack!" - "You've Really
Got A Hold On Me" - "To Know Her Is
To Love Her" - "A Taste Of
Honey" - "Long Tall Sally" -
"I Saw Her Standing There" -
"The Honeymoon Song" - "Johnny
B. Goode" - "Memphis,
Tennessee" - "Lucille" -
"Can't Buy Me Love" - "From
Fluff To You" - "Till There Was
You" - "Crinsk Dee Night" -
"A Hard Day's Night" - "Have A
Banana!" - "I Wanna Be Your
Man" - "Just A Rumour" -
"Roll Over Beethoven" - "All
My Loving" - "Things We Said
Today" - "She's A Woman" -
"Sweet Little Sixteen" -
"1822!" - "Lonesome Tears In
My Eyes" - "Nothin' Shakin'" -
"The Hippy Hippy Shake" -
"Glad All Over" - "I Just
Don't Understand" - "So How Come
(No One Loves Me)" - "I Feel
Fine" - "I'm A Loser" -
"Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby"
- "Rock And Roll Music" -
"Ticket To Ride" - "Dizzy Miss
Lizzy" - "Medley: Kansas City /
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" - "Set Fire To
That Lot" - "Matchbox" -
"I Forgot To Remember To Forget" -
"Love These Goon Shows" - "I
Got To Find My Baby" - "Ooh! My
Soul" - "Ooh! My Arms" -
"Don't Ever Change" - "Slow
Down" - "Honey Don't" -
"Love Me Do"
also available on vinyl
Released: November 21, 1995 US: 8x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 3 weeks) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Free As A Bird" - (dialogue) -
"That'll Be The Day" - "In
Spite Of All The Danger" - (dialogue) -
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" -
"You'll Be Mine" -
"Cayenne" - (dialogue) - "My
Bonnie" - "Ain't She Sweet" -
"Cry For A Shadow" - (dialogue) -
"Searchin'" - "Three Cool
Cats" - "The Sheik Of Araby" -
"Like Dreamers Do" - "Hello
Little Girl" - (dialogue) - "Besame
Mucho" - "Love Me Do" -
"How Do You Do It" - "Please
Please Me" - "One After 909" -
"One After 909" (Complete) -
"Lend Me Your Comb" - "I'll
Get You" - (dialogue) - "I Saw Her
Standing There" - "From Me To
You" - "Money (That's What I
Want)" - "You Really Got A Hold On
Me" - "Roll Over Beethoven" -
"She Loves You" - "Till There
Was You" - "Twist And Shout" -
"This Boy" - "I Want To Hold
Your Hand" - (dialogue) -
"Moonlight Bay" - "Can't Buy
Me Love" - "All My Loving" -
"You Can't Do That" - "And I
Love Her" - "A Hard Day's
Night" - "I Wanna Be Your Man"
- "Long Tall Sally" -
"Boys" - "Shout" -
"I'll Be Back" (Take 2) -
"I'll Be Back" (Take 3) - "You
Know What To Do" - "No Reply"
- "Mr. Moonlight" - "Leave My
Kitten Alone" - "No Reply"
(Take 2) - "Eight Days A Week" -
"Eight Days A Week" (Take 5) -
"Medley" Kansas City / Hey, Hey,
Hey, Hey, Hey"
also available on vinyl
Released: March 19, 1996 US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Real Love" - "Yes It
Is" - "I'm Down" -
"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
- "If You've Got Trouble" -
"That Means A Lot" -
"Yesterday" - "It's Only
Love" - "I Feel Fine" -
"Ticket To Ride" -
"Yesterday" (Mono) -
"Help!" - "Everybody's Trying
To Be My Baby" - "Norwegian Wood
(This Bird Has Flown)" - "I'm
Looking Through You" - "12-Bar
Original" - "Tomorrow Never
Knows" - "Got To Get You Into My
Life" - "And Your Bird Can
Sing" - "Taxman" -
"Eleanor Rigby" - "I'm Only
Sleeping" (Rehearsal) - "I'm Only
Sleeping" - "Rock & Roll
Music" - "She's A Woman" -
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (Demo)
- "Strawberry Fields Forever" -
"Strawberry Fields Forever" (Take
7) - "Penny Lane" - "A Day In
The Life" - "Good Morning Good
Morning" - "Only A Northern
Song" - "Being For The Benefit Of
Mr. Kite!" (Takes 1 & 2) -
"Being For The Benefit Of Mr.
Kite!" (Take 7) - "Lucy In The Sky
With Diamonds" - "Within You
Without You" - "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Reprise) -
"You Know My Name (Look Up The
Number)" - "I Am The Walrus" -
"The Fool On The Hill" - "Your
Mother Should Know" - "The Fool On
The Hill" (Take 4) - "Hello
Goodbye" - "Lady Madonna" -
"Across The Universe" (Take 2)
also available on vinyl
Released: October 29, 1996 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Rolling Stone: Tracks: "A
Beginning" - "Happiness Is A Warm
Gun" - "Helter Skelter" -
"Mean Mr. Mustard" -
"Polythene Pam" - "Glass
Onion" - "Junk" -
"Piggies" - "Honey Pie" -
"Don't Pass Me By" -
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" - "Good
Night" - "Cry Baby Cry" -
"Blackbird" - "Sexy
Sadie" - "While My Guitar Gently
Weeps" - "Hey Jude" -
"Not Guilty" - "Mother
Nature's Son" - "Glass Onion"
(Take 33) - "Rocky Racoon" -
"What's The New Mary Jane" -
"Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias"
- "I'm So Tired" - "I
Will" - "Why Don't We Do It In The
Road?" - "Julia" - "I've
Got A Feeling" - "She Came In
Through The Bathroom Window" - "Dig
A Pony" - "Two Of Us" -
"For You Blue" - "Teddy
Boy" - "Medley: Rip It Up / Shake
Rattle & Roll / Blue Suede Shoes" -
"The Long And WInding Road" -
"Oh! Darling" - "All Things
Must Pass" - "Mailman, Bring Me No
More Blues" - "Get Back"
(live) - "Old Brown Shoe" -
"Octopus's Garden" -
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" -
"Something" - "Come
Together" (Take 1) - "Come And Get
It" - "Ain't She Sweet" -
"Because" - "Let It Be" -
"I Me Mine" - "The End"
also available on vinyl
Released: September 14, 1999 US: Gold Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 15 Tracks: "Yellow
Submarine" - "Hey Bulldog" -
"Eleanor Rigby" - "Love You
To" - "All Together Now" -
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" -
"Think For Yourself" - "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" -
"With A Little Help From My
Friends" - "Baby, You're A Rich
Man" - "Only A Northern Song"
- "All You Need Is Love" -
"When I'm Sixty-Four" -
"Nowhere Man" - "It's All Too
Much"
also available on vinyl
Released: November 14, 2000 US: 11x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 8 weeks) Billboard #1: Internet Albums,
Digital Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A- Tracks: "Love Me
Do" - "From Me To You" -
"She Loves You" - "I Want To
Hold Your Hand" - "Can't Buy Me
Love" - "A Hard Day's Night" -
"I Feel Fine" - "Eight Days A
Week" - "Ticket To Ride" -
"Help!" - "Yesterday" -
"Day Tripper" - "We Can Work
It Out" - "Paperback Writer" -
"Yellow Submarine" - "Eleanor
Rigby" - "Penny Lane" -
"All You Need Is Love" -
"Hello, Goodbye" - "Lady
Madonna" - "Hey Jude" -
"Get Back" - "The Ballad Of
John And Yoko" - "Something" -
"Come Together" - "Let It
Be" - "The Long And Winding
Road"
also available on vinyl
Released: November 18, 2003 US: Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5 Billboard #1: Internet Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+ Tracks: "Get Back"
- "Dig A Pony" - "For You
Blue" - "The Long And Winding
Road" - "Two Of Us" -
"I've Got A Feeling" - "One
After 909" - "Don't Let Me
Down" - "I Me Mine" -
"Across The Universe" - "Let
It Be"
also available on vinyl
Released: November 20, 2006 US: 2x Platinum Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4 Billboard #1: Rock Albums Grammy Winner: Best Compilation
Soundtrack for Motion Picture, TV or Other
Visual Media Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Because" -
"Get Back" - "Glass
Onion" - "Eleanor Rigby" -
"I Am The Walrus" - "I Want To
Hold Your Hand" - "Drive My Car /
The Word / What You're Doing" -
"Gnik Nus" - "Something"
- "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! /
I Want You (She's So Heavy) / Helter
Skelter" - "Help!" -
"Blackbird / Yesterday" -
"Strawberry Fields Forever" -
"Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never
Knows" - "Lucy In The Sky With
Diamonds" - "Octopus's Garden"
- "Lady Madonna" - "Here Comes
The Sun" - "Come Together / Dear
Prudence" - "Revolution" -
"Back In The U.S.S.R." -
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" -
"A Day In The Life" - "Hey
Jude" - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
HEarts Club Band" (Reprise) - "All
You Need Is Love"
also available on vinyl
Released: September 9, 2016 Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 7 Live Tracks: "Twist And
Shout" - "She's A Woman" -
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" - "Ticket
To Ride" - "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "Things We Said Today" -
"Roll Over Beethoven" -
"Boys" - "A Hard Day's
Night" - "Help!" - "All
My Loving" - "She Loves You" -
"Long Tall Sally" - "You Can't
Do That" - "I Want To Hold Your
Hand" - "Everybody's Trying To Be
My Baby" - "Baby's In Black"
from the LPLet
It Be RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum Billboard # 1: Top 40 Easy
Listening Rolling Stone: "500 Greatest Songs
of All Time": # 20 VH1: "100 Greatest Rock Songs":
# 32
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